Need keyword or search word highlight extension for firefox

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If I was using IE I would just use the google's toolbar, however the
googlebar for firefox has a problem with it in that whenever you add words
to the search field, while highlight is on on a large document (100 results
from google say), it tries to dynamically update the webpage which brings
firefox to a crawl for a while depending on how big the webpage is. So, it
has become such a problem that I have had to stop using the googlebar :(

So, are there any alternatives for highlighting multiple keywords or search
words (the same as how the google toolbars do it) in firefox?
 
Rili said:
If I was using IE I would just use the google's toolbar, however the
googlebar for firefox has a problem with it in that whenever you add words
to the search field, while highlight is on on a large document (100 results
from google say), it tries to dynamically update the webpage which brings
firefox to a crawl for a while depending on how big the webpage is. So, it
has become such a problem that I have had to stop using the googlebar :(

So, are there any alternatives for highlighting multiple keywords or search
words (the same as how the google toolbars do it) in firefox?
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Hmm there are a few, I use this one

http://membres.lycos.fr/pcdingo/index.php3?lang=en&s=ext#ahb
 
Thanks for the tip. It works great.

Did you stop using the googlebar for the same reason that I did?

I don't know how people can use the net without keyword/search word
highlighting.
 
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Thanks for the tip. It works great.

Did you stop using the googlebar for the same reason that I did?
I don't know how people can use the net without keyword/search word
highlighting.
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Not really. Find as you type was as good as highlighting in most cases,
and better in some scenarios (in cases where you wanted a specific word).

Just type on the keyboard what you want, if there is a instance it will
jump to it on the page, press F3 and it will jump to the next instance
if any.

Highlighting is better if you want to look for a phrase , and it's not
necessary that all the words are in there.

In fact, the new find as you type toolbar allows you to highlight things
too.


I personally don't think it makes sense to use the google toolbar when
firefox already has a search bar. I know you can remove the searchbar,
but I prefer access to several different types of searchs than just to
google.


Some people miss additional features of the googletoolbar, such as
googlecache, similar page, Pagerank etc, but in all cases there are
various ways (read extensions) to access these functions without using
the googletoolbar.

I used to access these via the right click context menu ,toolbar button
etc, but there is a better way


The latest method I came across was to use diggler 0.9.

http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=34

It sets up a button next to the location bar, that allows you to do
searches on the current url.

By default it has googlecache and wayback/webarchive but 0.9 allows you
to define your own searches, so you can add page translation tools like
Babelfish, Googletranslate, Network related/validation tools, even
annoymity services.

It's fun to be able to surf to a website and with one click, look at how
it looked in the past (googlecache and wayback), do a whois, validate
the page, translate it, etc etc..

IE shell fans should be familar with this as well.
 
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